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Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; M'henni, Hatem - 2012
This article extends the recent findings of Liu (2005), Ang (2007), Apergis et al. (2009) and Payne (2010) by implementing recent bootstrap panel unit root tests and cointegration techniques to investigate the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282194
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International labour force participation rates by gender: Unit root or structural breaks?
Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011
in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282306
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Cyclical Fluctuations in Workplace Accidents
Boone, Jan; van Ours, Jan C. - 2002
This paper presents a theory and an empirical investigation on cyclical fluctuations in workplace accidents. The theory is based on the idea that reporting an accident dents the reputation of a worker and raises the probability that he is fired. Therefore a country with a high or an increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262422
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Minimum wages, labor market institutions, and female employment and unemployment: A cross-country analysis
Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2010
This paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008. Our treatment is motivated by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among teenagers and young adults. Apart from the longer time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274565
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A general model of technical change with an application to the OECD countries
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280731
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The Job Search and Education Investments of Immigrant Families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Connolly, Marie D.; Worswick, … - 2001
longitudinal data for Australia. Higher education levels at time of arrival are associated with a greater probability of enrolling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262496
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Minimum wages and employment: reconsidering the use of a time-series approach as an evaluation tool
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Suardi, Sandy - 2010
based on Australian data, the tentative conclusion is that the introduction of minimum wage legislation in Australia in 1997 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269656
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Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
Australia, is used to test the model. This survey had three waves, at about 6 months, 18 months and 3? years after immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262738
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Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262780
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The Determinants of the Geographic Concentration among Immigrants: Application to Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively … related to age at migration, duration of residence in Australia and the proportion of the birthplace group that is fluent in … the country of origin and the place of residence in Australia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262788